Ok, been asked by a few people over the last few weeks for some form of list, on the car to date. few things are yet to be done, few things are to be done after its going.. etc. But here is a rough general document on the car to date.
Blue car build up specs Final List
YTBI – Yet to be installed
S / U / P – Sanded / undercoated / painted
Body
Exterior
- Striped bare, every panel & part removed
- Body striped back to metal, all rust cut out, metal welded back in place
- All dints / bumps / scratches / removed
- Resealed
- Vehicle re-aligned and bent straight
- Entire vehicle primer’d, guide coated, painted, glossed (yada yada) in acrylic Tara blue, 2pac metallic clear. Under body rock/tar crap sprayed on
- Process from start of body work until finish took approximately 2 ½ years.
Interior
- All body sealer removed, back to bare metal in boot; resealed and sprayed in hardy protective paint. Baked
- Interiour removed all bum fluff back to original paint, scuffed down and repainted in black. Removed rust, replated as required. Cleaned out some of the old threads, taped a few etc
Engine bay
- (same procedure as outside of car)
Installation of parts
Fuel system
- Custom made 5/16th fuel lines – main and return
- Pickup unit pipes removed, 5/16th lines bent as per original shape and brazed back into place.
- New 1.5L surge tank mounted in boot, with new 200hp inline fuel pump and new pickup pump. 5/16th EFI hose used throughout. Note - ½” fuel line used from surge to fuel pump inlet. Approraite ADR approved clamps used. Piped up accordingly, through boot with grommets. Carbon canister plumbed in to breather from tank.
- Custom mount for fuel filter in engine bay, plumed into fuel rail as required
- Fuel line clamps painted metallic red
- Fuel tank cleaned out, painted black. New strap rubbers, and top foam pads.
- ADR filler neck flap welded into fuel intake nozzle for unleaded fuel only
- New fuller hose installed with larger clamps
- Standard fuel rail and injectors used from Ae86 JDM 4age. Fuel rail flushed, cleaned, painted red. Pressure reg. Checked and painted too.
Cooling system
- New Ae86 radiator mounted on Ae82 mounts; 2 lower welded in and top ones fabricated to suit, using Ae82 tops
- Thermo fan from a Sera (denso); Custom mounts to suit radiator
- Re-plumbed heater hoses to suit motor conversion.
- Heater core checked and given quick overhaul.
- Genuine RWD thermostat assembly used. New genuine top and bottom radiator pipes used. New genuine thermostat. Toyota long life red coolant & distilled water. New Genuine Radiator Cap
Intake System
- EP92 Air box used, with custom mounts and genuine *massaged* brackets from Aw11 MR2. Rubber mounted, not solid mounted. New Genuine Air filter
- Custom 1 piece air pipe made to suit (still being built as this document is being written)
Exhaust system
- JASMA extractors, Stainless steel 2 ½” exhaust, High flow Cat, Muffler / Resonator (YTBI)
- Exhaust shield custom made (YTBI)
Differential & Attached
- T18 diff housing, new axel bearings, new handbrake shoes and wheel cylinders, reco h/brake cables and links, machined drums. Diff wire wheeled back to metal, undercoated / painted black.
- Cusco 2way LSD. Genuine LSD Toyota oil.
- Diff link bars; new nolithane bushes. S / U / P – Black. Blue bushes.
- S / U / P panhard rod black. New red noli. Bushes. (Adjustable on the way)
- S / U / P Thicker sway bar from T18? S / U / P yellow, to suit king springs
- New king spring lows, Monroe shocks painted black. (suspension to be properly attented to after vehicle driving, and style of driving.. known J )
- Brake line on diff (and rest of car) S / U / P Silver. Used G.C diff to body brake hose used. (only used one on car, new one unavailable at time of build, may replace later on to a custom made item)
- Stock bump stop(s); height not altered
Gearbox and related
- Tail shaft – Stock T18; S / U / P black
- Gearbox – Low Km Granny Ae71 T50, with JDM housing. VMX 80 oil
- New Slave cylinder, New hand made clutch hydraulic line
- Stock near new clutch and pressure plate. Machined flywheel
- Stock painted gearbox c-member. Near new mounts.
- Polished gearbox, unpainted!
Motor (as of this being typed, motor still in need or reco, may change, but what I would like…)
- JDM Ae86 4age bigport (With Tvis connected!)
- Bottom end o/Sized pistons, new rings / bearings. Shaved block.
- Top end – Head shaved (20thow ) 4 seat valve re-face intake, 3? For exhaust. New valve steam seals.
- Stock Cams, Stock JDM ECU, stock injectors.
- Toyota oil (castrol corporate oil haha ) – 20W50, Genuine oil filter
- JDM RWD intake manifold.
- Bottom end painted black, head cleaned up, unpainted. Red bling-bling r/covers. Manifold / TB Bling-bling blue
- Toyota genuine (Century painted black with nice stickers) battery, 460CCA Rated. Big mofo.
- New genuine fan belt.
- Justin-Spec minta-overhauled starter motor. Silver on black. Now with extra added throw-out kick!
- Stock Alternator.
- New Aftermarket (omg) water pump and seals
Engine Bay & related
- JDM Ae86 washer bottle, mounted on LH strut. Re piped with new hosing
- O/Hauled wiper motor, Painted black. New Wiper arms, painted base.
- New Brake master cylinder, Reco/check brake booster.
- New Clutch master cylinder. New cutch pin for pedal box; genuine yo.
- Painted brake lines, all silver.
- Brake fluid used – Dot 3 Genuine toyota
- Near new engine mounts. Cross member from Ae71 S / U / P Black.
- Stock Ke70 overflow bottle mounted differently on front wall; beside radiator
Front suspension / underneath
- Monroe front struts, S / U / P black
- King spring lows
- Swarbar S / U / P Yellow, new noley. Bushes.
- Lower controle arms S / U / P black, new noley. Bushes
- New Aftermarket ball joints, greaseable type
- New wheel bearings, repacked Caltex hi-temp grease. Machine rotors, painted black
- New brake pads. Non-asbestosis type L
- Brake callipers overhauled. New pistons and boots all round. Painted Red
- New Brake lines, both from body to strut, strut to calliper (Brakes all stock Ae71)
Vehicle lighting / bumpers / body accessories / Exterior Stuff
- New Chrome bumpers, front and rear
- New plastic end caps
- New numberplate lights
- Overhauled rear mounts, S / U / P black
- New rear tail lights
- Overhauled DX- twin headlight front end (genuine), to original colours, except glossy variants
- Genuine new side blinkers
- New 4x hella removable headlights & new bulbs
- Old parker lenses (Hunting for NEW ones)
- Old blinker in bar lenses ( HUNTING FOR NEW ONES!)
- Front mounts stock, S / U / P black
- Chrome strips from CS and CSX models used on car, all polished; none of the rubber lower-model parts used; All chrome baby haha – Doors / glass / roof etc
- New front windscreen and clips
- Original glass on doors used. Near new rear window glass and rubber. Mango-tree performance sticker
- Stock, Restored CSX remote mirrors used both passenger and drivers side
- Black restored rear side C pillar external grills used; later flush ones
Interior
- CSX boot and fuel release used
- New custom cut thick underlay firewall back to boot made
- New moulded and cut plush pile black carpet
- Stock seats retrimed, refoamed and slightly reshaped – Black with red inserts – Swede, velour, purfurated leather and Vinal. “GT Twincam 16” stitched into front seats.
- Re-furbed mounts and lubricated mechanics
- Swede A / B / C piller trims
- Custom parcel shelf, trimmed in black with pimp under-lay Vegas pattern
- Velour black roof lining
- Every other dash / interior piece S / U / P black – apart from the 2 on the dash that surround the heater controles & opposite side of sterring wheel – chrome silver painted.
- Every dash vent taken out, painstainkly cleaned, sanded, restored. All old foam removed, and replaced with new foam – on edges / flaps / links etc. All springs lubricated, all things re-adjusted.
- Blowerbox disassembled, motor overhauled. Body painted black, clips painted gold. Refoamed as required, lubricated and adjusted all mechs.
- Evap. disassembled, Cleaned Body, painted black, clips painted gold. Refoamed as required, lubricated and adjusted all mechs. When AC connected up later on, will replace Evap + related
- Blower cylinder box diss-assembled, cleaned, foam removed, resealed, relubed mechs, readjusted. All clips painted gold
- Air control lever assembly disassembled completely, all things removed. Lubricated lines, mechs on controle assembly, re-positioed leads (after 20+ years, things stretched and out of alignment). Re-lubricated switch, new bulb installed. Re-assembled. Omg, that’s what a new unit feels like?
- Dash sanded, and painted black (Ha, that took about ½ a day..)
- All dash mounts S / U / P black
- Glove box rubber side mounts replaces, Lock disassembled, lubricated and cleaned
- Dash frame changed; stock radio area all removed in place for new custom dash
- Custom dash built; stock assembly continued all the way over to the left ~ converted to LED.
- Dash consists of Stock backings modified in Macromedia flash, stock lettering and spacing applied over new oil temp / oil pressure / water temp / fuel gauge / volt gauge meters. Printed out onto clear Vinal, as black gauges. Stuck onto 2mm purspex backing plates, with milk bottle (yes milk bottle, pefect material) sub backings for even spread of LED light – White letters, with Red “warning” zones. Red LED needles used, modified and created from 100 series landcruier, TCR 10 tarago, Ke70, Ke55 corolla, 1989 honda civic, 2006 jaguar x type?, TRX bluebird, late-late sigma and an Is250 dash’s. Covered in 5% black tint on custom clear purspex covering – giving the lexus impression; when the vehicle is off – everything is black, nothing is viewable. When vehicle is on, The white and red LED’s light up, and all you can see is the gauges :) – ½ VTBI !
- SAAS 14”? sterring wheel on genuine boss kit
- Stock sun visors, with LX470 mirror / light inserts
- Retractable front (and rear!) seatbelts
- Velour / Swede door trims with red stitching highlights, on Vegas style underlay
- Chrome Ke30 window winders (maybe will go electric in future)
- Stero (unknown atm) – will consit of a headdeck, twin 4” up front, tweeters on A pillars, molded in somehow, 2x 6x9 in rear parcel shelf. Possibly an amp and small subwoofer. Not too fused on noise.
- Truckie radio, UHF? VTBI
- Stock T50 gear lever, shortened with old style-TRD leather knob
Things to get, that I havnt listed, or what not. I'm over writing this list, it just never ends. Ugh.
- Tint
- Clean up white cars 14” dish mags, and put new tyres on
- Few other Electric things :D
- Underground accessory, lets just say its.. ugh.. you’ll know its on my car when your… in the presence of the vehicle :yes: – NO RICE !@#&$*&@^ !
- Theres more, and I probably wont add to it as I think of it, but whell’ see.
Teddy
